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Changes in
Staff.
II. GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES.
Dr. J. M. Browne resigned her position as Medical Officer of Health. She
ceased duty towards the end of June.
I was appointed Medical Officer of Health and Chief Administrative
Tuberculosis Officer on the 28th June.
Dr. S. Kin was appointed Assistant Tuberculosis Officer at the Shadwell
Dispensary. He commenced duty on the 26th June.
Dr. F. R. O'Shiel was appointed Deputy Medical Officer of Health in
October. He proposes to commence duty early in the new year and will devote
one-third of his time as Tuberculosis Officer at the Whitechapel Dispensary and
two-thirds to the Public Health Department.
Miss A. Carty was appointed a Health Visitor in place of Miss Goodfellow.
She commenced duty on the 14th February.
A list of the staff of the Public Health Department and their qualifications
is given on page 3.
Nursing in
the home.
The arrangements made with the East London Nursing Society for the
nursing of cases of Measles, Pneumonia following Measles, Ophthalmia Neonatorum,
Puerperal Fever, Puerperal Pyrexia and Pemphigus Neonatorum were
continued. The Council pay this Society 1s. 3d. per visit to such cases and
53 visits were made by them during the year, i.e., 6 Measles, 44 Ophthalmia
Neonatorum and 3 Puerperal Fever.
Midwives.
There are 10 midwives practising in the Borough, and in addition there
are 23 employed by the voluntary associations.
The midwives are under the supervision of the London County Council.
Laboratory
Facilities.
The number of bacteriological examinations made at the Mile End Hospital
on behalf of the Public Health Department during the year was 2,963. These
consisted of:—
No. Positive. No. Negative. Totals
Swabs (for Diphtheria bacilli) 299 2,657 2,956
Blood (for Typhoid bacilli) — 7 7
There were 313 specimens of sputa examined at our Tuberculosis Dispensaries
for general practitioners. 23 of these were found to be positive.
Two samples of milk were examined at the Royal Institute of Public
Health for Tubercle Bacilli. In each case the result was negative.